VOV.VN - Nearly 3,000 tonnes of certified low-emission rice are expected to be shipped to Australia in October 2025, making it as Vietnam's second export market for this product after Japan.

The World Bank is committed to mobilising additional non-refundable aid to support Vietnam’s project on developing one million hectares of high-quality and low-carbon rice in association with green growth in the Mekong Delta region.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made great strides in reducing carbon emissions, especially through the one-million-hectare high-quality and low-carbon rice cultivation project in the Mekong Delta by 2030, says Anthony McFarlane, communications director of SunRice, Australia’s largest rice production and distribution group.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 9 to launch the Capacity Building for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Rice Innovations in Southeast Asia (CABIN) project.

VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

Moving to low-carbon rice production offers the highest potential for Vietnam to meet its goal of cutting methane emissions by 30% by 2030 while boosting the competitiveness of a strategic export item, a new World Bank report says.

Vietnamese rice businesses and farmers are still lacking awareness of low-carbon rice production, said Nguyen Van Hung, an expert from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).